The White House on Friday warned states that are considering anti-transgender bills this year that those bills are illegal under federal law. “The president believes that trans rights are human rights and that no one should be discriminated on the basis of sex.
Not only is this the law of the land, it’s his own deeply held view,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during a press briefing.
Psaki was responding to a reporter’s question about President Joe Biden’s views on the dozens of state legislatures that are advancing bills that would restrict transgender youth’s access to sports and transition-related care. “One such bill against transgender kids in sports in Mississippi has headed to the desk of Gov.